News

Mansion House Speech: Bit More Feedback For you

A few more comments on the topic of pensions reform, megafunds, investment, consumer duty, insurers and more, after the Mansion House speech; Lily Megson, Policy Director at My Pension Expert, said, “The Chancellor’s ambition to create ‘pension […]

Insurance Regulation

CII Comments After FCA Report on Industry-Wide Misconduct Cases

Some feedback from the CII after a critical report published by the FCA; The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) is today calling on its members and the wider insurance profession to uphold the highest standards of […]

News

Northdoor Comments on £29m Starling Bank Fine

Starling Bank has been fined £29m for failings in financial crime systems, which saw the bank open 54,000 accounts for 49,000 high-risk customers between September 2021 and November 2023. This shocking figure comes at a […]

Opinion

NIS2 Deadline Fast Approaching: Insurers Need to Prep Now

Some insights on the NIS2 rules which come into effect in October this year, from Steve Harris, CEO at CloudClevr; UK companies should not be under any misapprehension that NIS2 will not impact them. Due to come into force […]

Insurance Regulation

Broadstone Commentary on Smaller Companies & Solvency II Regs

Some comment from Broadstone on the Solvency II regs and how they might affect smaller companies in the future; Since the publication of the PRA’s policy statement PS2/24 Review of Solvency II: Adapting to the […]

Insurance Regulation

FCA Still Keen to Take Action Against Insurers on `Poor Value’ Products

In a report published today, the FCA set out issues with information sharing between insurers and brokers, and in identifying target markets. Here’s the word; Matt Brewis, Director of Insurance at the FCA, said: ‘Insurers […]

Technology

CrowdStrike: The Cloud as a Contagion Platform

Yes we have more analysis and comment of the CrowdStrike outage, which carries so many hard lessons for the insurance sector. This piece actually explains it very concisely, plus touches on the contagion issue. That […]